Observe the similarities

Yes — rebirth / repeated embodiment

• HinduYes.
• BuddhistYes.
• ScientologyRepeated embodiment is part of its teachings.
• Living RealmYes.

Generally no; resurrection or judgment instead

• ChristianityGenerally no.
• IslamNo.
• ZoroastrianGenerally no.
• LDSNot ordinary reincarnation.

Generally no, with later mystical exceptions

• JudaismGenerally no; some later Jewish mystical traditions include reincarnation.

Not central, variable, or motif rather than system

• EnochicNot central.
• DaoistSome later traditions contain reincarnation concepts.
• EgyptianRenewal and rebirth motifs.
• NorsePossible rebirth motifs; disputed and variable.
• AnishinaabeTraditions vary.
• MayaCyclic ideas vary.

Generally not reincarnation-centered

• MesopotamianGenerally not reincarnation-centered.
• SumerianNot a reincarnation teaching. Return from the netherworld is narrated, at a price.

Depends on the host tradition (Jyotiṣa vs other astrologies)

• AstrologyVaries; reincarnation is prominent in Indian/Jyotiṣa traditions but is not inherent to every astrological system.

No established evidence

• ScienceNo established evidence.

Yes, until liberation — not the same soul-doctrine

Jain jīva and Sikh soul are not interchangeable, and neither is Buddhist no-self.

• JainYes, until liberation.
• SikhYes, under karma, until liberation.

Only in some streams

Homeric cult, shrine Shinto, and the rest of each tradition are not thereby converted.

• GreekNot the Homeric center. Rebirth appears in Orphic, Pythagorean, and some Platonic streams.
• GnosticSome texts describe repeated embodiment until escape. Not every school’s center.
• HermeticRegeneration is a Hermetic theme. It is not Indian reincarnation, and later Hermeticism does not use it one way.
• YorubaReturn in a lineage is present in many accounts. Not one meaning.
• IrishRebirth motifs appear in some Irish tales. Not a system.

Not the governing claim

• ShintoNot the center of shrine Shinto.

Present where Buddhist influence is, not before it by default

• ChineseRebirth is widespread where Buddhist influence is present. It is not every older Chinese cosmology.

Local spirit return, not a universal cycle

• AboriginalSpirit return or spirit children appear in some groups. Not a universal reincarnation doctrine.

Ancestor continues — not filed as reincarnation

• IncaNot a single reincarnation system. Ancestral continuity is the stronger claim.

Reincarnation denied

• BaháʼíNo return to another earthly body in the ordinary teaching.